- At this point, we're told Hassan and Colin have been in Gutshot for five nights. Hassan decides to go out cruising with Lindsey while Colin stays behind to read—he's so far behind in his work.
- Hassan tells him to live a little, but Colin throws that back in his face and they get in a petty argument about what they're doing with their lives.
- Colin says that Hassan sits around like a slacker, doing nothing, but Colin wants to learn and grow; Hassan thinks that's an overstatement and doesn't get why Colin has to read all the time and never have any fun.
- After Hassan and Lindsey leave, Colin thinks about—you guessed it—Katherine. This time he's thinking about what happened with Kranial Kidz.
- He went on the show and won $10,000 because Krazy Keith had been contacted about knowing a prodigy after writing articles on Colin.
- One day, Katherine showed up and asked Colin for help studying French. She didn't want to bomb her test the next day and disappoint her dad (a.k.a. Krazy Keith), so since Colin was on Kranial Kidz, maybe he could help her.
- The only issue was he was maybe, sort-of going on a date with this chick named Marie. He didn't know if she liked him or what, but he let her down easy, just in case—this was the closest he ever came to dumping someone.
- Now he could go out to coffee with Katherine.